NFL Insider: Seahawks coordinators Bevell, Quinn likely gone to be head coaches at Tennessee and Minnesota

If Jason La Canfora is right, Pete Carroll is going to have his hands full this offseason.

Darrell Bevell’s days calling plays for the Seattle Seahawks could be over at the conclusion of the season. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

La Canfora, an NFL reporter for CBS and CBSSports.com, revealed that Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn are both frontrunners for NFL head coaching vacancies. Speaking with Mitch Levy during his weekly segment on KJR-AM Wednesday morning, La Canfora revealed that Quinn is the leading candidate to replace Mike Munchak as head coach of the Tennessee Titans while Bevell remains at the top of the list to replace Leslie Frazier in Minnesota.

If La Canfora is right, it means Carroll will have to replace both of his top assistants for the first time in his four-year tenure in Seattle.

Bevell, 43, came to Seattle in 2011 after a five-year stint as the Vikings offensive coordinator. He is credited for implementing the Hawks’ bruising, Marshawn Lynch-led running game along with the development of quarterback Russell Wilson. Bevell’s familiarity with the organization in Minnesota — where cultivating a franchise quarterback remains a top priority after spending a first-round pick on Christian Ponder in 2011 and acquiring former first-round pick Josh Freeman from Tampa Bay this season — make him an attractive option for owner Zygi Wilf. And it doesn’t hurt that former Vikings players, like quarterback Gus Frerotte, have endorsed Bevell for the position. He’s also received interest from the Titans and the Washington Redskins.

Quinn, 43, emerged as a hot commodity after only his first year as an NFL coordinator. Quinn returned to Seattle this season — where he’d been the defensive line coach under Carroll and former Hawks coach Jim Mora — after directing the Florida Gators’ defense from 2011-2012. Quinn’s 2013 unit turned in one of the best seasons in recent memory: ranking No. 1 in scoring defense, yards against, passing defense, interceptions and turnovers forced. He interviewed with the Vikings and Cleveland Browns during Seattle’s bye week, but the Titans are said to be highest on him. If he leaves, he follows in the footsteps of predecessor Gus Bradley, who was hired to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars last offseason.